report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 6, 2023 at13.44hrs: Almost half of those killed in the earthquake on Friday were children, it has been found. According to data from the police, 78 of the 157 people killed in the quake on the night of November 3 were children. Of the deceased children, 50 died in Jajarkot and 28 in Rukum West due to the quake, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Santosh Roka. Twenty-eight of 52 people who…
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By Arfa Feroz Zake & Awaid Yousafzai in The News, October 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday found no apparent malice behind conducting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s jail trial in the cipher case, the court’s verdict read, directing him to approach the trial court if reservations persist. The court’s decision, announced by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, came in the wake of hearing Khan’s plea challenging his jail trial in the…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023QUETTA: Police registered an FIR on Wednesday against unknown people in connection with the murder of a leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Arbab Ghulam Muhammad Kasi, whose body was found in the Kuchlak area on Tuesday. “The FIR was registered with the Kuchlak police station on the complaint of a police officer after receiving a post-mortem report of a police surgeon who said the ANP leader…
Report in Dawn, Sept 18th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) on Sunday recovered a bag containing three grenades, a pistol and an alleged threatening letter on Trail 5. The threatening letter from an unknown outfit, Tehreek Tahaffuz Namoos-i-Pakistan, was addressed to judges and generals. A map, having information about important buildings in the federal capital, was also found in the bag. According to sources, BDS received a call that there was a bag lying…
AFP report, Sept 7, 2023 at 22: 20 hrsHundreds of articles praising Bangladeshi government policies apparently by independent experts have appeared in national and international media but the authors have questionable credentials, fake photos, and may not even exist, an AFP investigation has found. Commentators say it is evidence of a sustained campaign of disinformation by unknown actors ahead of elections due by the end of January but appears to be intended to benefit the…
AFP report, Sept 7, 2023 at 22: 20 hrsHundreds of articles praising Bangladeshi government policies apparently by independent experts have appeared in national and international media but the authors have questionable credentials, fake photos, and may not even exist, an AFP investigation has found. Commentators say it is evidence of a sustained campaign of disinformation by unknown actors ahead of elections due by the end of January but appears to be intended to benefit the…
report in The Island, June 11, 2023Sri Lanka’s poor has surged by 4 million to 7 million since 2019 to 31 percent of the population in 2023, a survey has found as the country was hit by the worst currency crisis in the history of its central bank. A 10,000 person survey by LirneAsia, a regional policy research organization, found that 33 percent of the respondents had skipped a meal and 47 percent reduced their…
report in The Island, June 11, 2023Sri Lanka’s poor has surged by 4 million to 7 million since 2019 to 31 percent of the population in 2023, a survey has found as the country was hit by the worst currency crisis in the history of its central bank. A 10,000 person survey by LirneAsia, a regional policy research organization, found that 33 percent of the respondents had skipped a meal and 47 percent reduced their…
Report in Dawn, April 2nd, 2023HYDERABAD: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Hyderabad police arrested a suspected member of banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan who claimed to have links in past with Tehreek-i-Taliban Afghanistan as well, and found a hand-grenade in his possession. A CTD spokesman said in a press release issued here on Saturday that the suspect Ammar Khan alias Qalandar Umar, a resident of Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was picked up after an intelligence-based operation near…
Edit in The Nation, March 11, 2023According to a new statement by the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), 12 alleged terrorists belonging to the militant outfits of Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were caught and are now awaiting further investigation. Given that these individuals were found supporting equipment needed for explosives and suicide jackets, the case seems pretty straightforward. This is the kind of policing that we need, especially at a time when the country has…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in ToloNews, Feb 8, 2023 at 9:31 PMThe Islamic Emirate said that they have not found any details to prove that Ayman al-Zawahiri, former leader of al-Qaeda, was killed in Afghanistan. In August, US President Joe Biden in a live address announced the death of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. “We have not reached a result yet. There has been no clear and decisive reason to prove that such an incident…